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1. A TORPEDO TUBE HAVING IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED TUBE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A TORPEDO, SAID TUBE HAVING AN OPEN BREECH END, A DOOR FOR CLOSING SAID END MOVABLE TO A CLOSED LOCKING POSITION, A PAWL FOR LOCKING SAID DOOR IN CLOSED POSITION, A SHAFT SECURED TO SAID PAWL FOR MOVING THE SAME, A CONTROL SHAFT, AN ARM SECURED TO SAID CONTROL SHAFT, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL SHAFT FOR MOVING SAID CONTROL SHAFT, SAID FIRST MENTIONED SHAFT AND SAID ARM IN ONE DIRECTION TO MOVE SAID PAWL, AND A SPRING FOR MOVING SAID ARM AND FIRST MENTIONED SHAFT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR MOVING SAID PAWL. 